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Sons of God


         For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26-28)
           Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Romans 8:17)

          Identity Politics is a political philosophy in which groups of people having a particular racial, religious, ethnic, social, or cultural identity tend to promote their own specific interests or concerns without regard to the interests or concerns of any larger political group.[1] It took its modern form during the last half of the last century, and developed a large following, particularly during the past twenty years.
          What it says is that being a woman puts one in opposition against men, being a person of color puts one in opposition against whites, and being poor puts you in opposition to the rich. You must be something, and whatever you are means that those who aren’t that are your enemies. Not surprisingly, the same people who hold to Identity Politics are now screaming that we are divided and must become united. While tearing us apart, they scream that we adhere and that we adhere under their terms. Anyone who refuses is seen as mad, sad, or bad.
          When the Civil Rights movement started, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of people being judged by their character, not by the color of their skin. Now, we are required to judge people by the color of their skin, by their gender, by their socio-economic status, and by their heritage or culture with the goal to specifically reverse what it is claimed was the hierarchy in the past. This reversal is to be imposed on society. In other words, there is a new set of “Thou shalts” and “Thou shalt nots” that are proclaimed as the Law.
          But Scripture points out in Romans that the Law (whether the Mosaic Law or any other) does not save. It does not prevent sin. In fact, it makes sin worse. Today’s passage proposes a movement away from man-made Laws about groups and classes, and calls for an internal change that leads to a unity that is superior to that which is demanded by Identity Politics because it rejects the divisions created by Identity Politics.
          You are not judged by your race, your gender, your socio-economic status. You are judged only by whether you are alive in Christ, or dead in sin. Not only are we all of one sort of people, but we are all sons and co-heirs and should think of ourselves as nothing less. 

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